In late March, an international virtual pop star dethroned a billionaire and declared herself creator of Minecraft. Before that declaration, the face of Minecraft was still…
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Learning the Dangers of Punk Through an Episode of Power Rangers
Power Rangers was created in 1993 after an American company bought footage of Japanese kaiju action scenes and edited in American actors. But perhaps the show’s…
How a Craigslist Ad Tricked Me Into Recording Guitar for a (Huge) Christian Movie
Despite being one of the most successful Christian movies of all time, God’s Not Dead isn’t exactly what you’d call “good.” In it, a crotchety atheist…
Gerard Way Talks Young Animal, ‘Doom Patrol’ and Managing Creativity
DC’s pop-up imprint Young Animal, curated by musician and comics creator Gerard Way, is returning to shelves after an 11-month break. The ongoing Doom Patrol, co-penned…
Here’s All the Democratic Debate Candidates as Punk Songs
If you’re anything like us, you found it a little hard to keep track of all the candidates in the democratic debates. Straight up, there were…
Unearthing ‘Thunderdome’: The Show Too Dangerous for Everyday Sports and Too Sexy for Primetime
Last week I told you about my multi-year investigation into Thunderdome, the lost show from my childhood that is nearly impossible to find on the internet.…
War on Women’s Shawna Potter Wrote a Book to Help You Give Harassment the Boot
A low, lurid whistle. A not-subtle-at-all slap on the ass. A slur tinged with the implication of violence. War on Women frontwoman Shawna Potter is on…
Remembering ‘Thunderdome,’ the Show so Bad Someone Scrubbed All Evidence of It From the Internet
Does anyone else remember Thunderdome, the shitty TNN show that came on after wrestling in the early 2000s? It was a fake league of ATV and…